The Plundering of Village(Cottage Grove)Government!
“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.” – Thomas...
Lobbying – November Contacts
Ah, lobbying! One of the reasons I started this blog. Many of you may be familiar with my attempts to close loopholes...
Saving Privatized Ryan (brothers)
The Village of Cottage Grove is at it again. They seem to be working very hard to lower the quality of life for...
Rickert’s Reporting Gap
Today Chris Rickert had a column criticizing the Madison Metropolitan School Board for taking their eye off the ball of the achievement gap.
First,...
The actual story – MGSD
Recently, the Keep scott walker in power campaign funded largely by out of state special interests, ran an ad where he used a...
D-Day for Public Education
Today is the day that we have been discussing for weeks. Today is the day that the legislature starts discussing public school...
Lobbying Reports – What a mess!
So, I went to go look at the results of so many people registering as lobbyists. Bleck.Here's some of the things that I found:Some...
Wisconsin State Journal – Getting It Wrong for 100 Years!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The Wisconsin State Journal published an editorial on March 9th, 1914 proclaiming "Send Pickles...
Teacher Pay
I wrote a LTE regarding teacher pay last year, and in Lieu of The community wide education meeting, I thought I would bring...
Scott Walker Slaps Down Blaska
In case you have not heard, Scott Walker's campaign manager, Michael Grebe, is suing the Madison School District. Well, Grebe could not sue the...
We All Must Oppose The Expansion of School Vouchers
The Monona Grove Board of Education, building principals and district office administrators, and teachers (Monona Grove Education Association) join together to urge legislators to...
The Governors “tools” and the President’s “stimulus”.
Governor Walker has been in office for just a few months and they have been an eventful few months. Before he even took...